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God, The Devil, and Fast Food...
Here's how we became addicted to fast food, sugar-filled concoctions and deep fried trans fatty nightmares.
God populated the earth with broccoli and cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.
Then Satan created McDonald's, Ben and Jerry's and Krispy Kreme. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And Man and Woman said "Yeah, and another one with sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds.
And God created healthful yogurt that woman might keep the figure that man found so fair. And Satan brought forth white flour from the wheat, and sugar from the cane, and combined them. And woman went from size 3 to size 9. So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing and garlic toast on the side. And man and woman had to unfasten their belts.
God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them." And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big It needed its own platter. And man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.
God then brought running shoes so that his children might lose those extra pounds. And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so man would not have to toil changing the channels. And man and woman watched TV and gained more pounds.
Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition. And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And man and woman gained another ten pounds.
God then gave lean beef so that man and woman might consume fewer calories and still satisfy their appetite. And Satan created McDonald's and its 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with that?" And man replied, "Yea! And super size 'em." And Satan said, "It is good." And man went into cardiac arrest.
God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery.
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Fast Food...
McDonald's, the largest fast food chain in the world and the brand most associated with the term "fast food," was founded as a barbecue drive-in in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald. After discovering that most of their profits came from hamburgers, the brothers closed their restaurant for three months and reopened it in 1948 as a walk-up stand offering a simple menu of hamburgers, French fries, milkshakes, coffee, and Coca-Cola, served in disposable paper wrapping.
As a result, they were able to produce hamburgers and fries constantly, without waiting for customer orders, and could serve them immediately; hamburgers cost 15 cents, about half the price at a typical diner. Their streamlined production method, which they named the "Speedee Service System" was influenced by the production line innovations of Henry Ford.
The McDonalds' stand was the milkshake machine company's biggest customer and a milkshake salesman named Ray Kroc traveled to California to discover the secret to their high-volume burger-and-shake operation. Kroc thought he could expand their concept, eventually buying the McDonalds' operation outright in 1961 with the goal of making cheap, ready-to-go hamburgers, French fries and milkshakes a nationwide business. |
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Marg Helgenberger is 51 today November 16, 1958
American film and television actress Catherine Willows in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation K.C. Koloski in China Beach |
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"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research" |
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Friends of Dawg
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Monday, November 16th, 2009 is Fast Food Day 
